Games like Darkness Surround Us

Station 35 Is a single-player horror game, where the protagonist is the only human left in a space station where an unknown mutated alien escaped. His only chance of survival is to find a way to a space shuttle and escape the station without getting caught by the monster. But because everything went wrong so fast, all the shuttles are not ready to go so the protagonist will need to find different … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Station 35.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

74% User Score Based on 23 reviews

In a facility, scientists are creating a vaccine called "The Red Vine" but it becomes unstable. It causes a breach with unknown Anomalies. You must find an exit to escape the laboratory from the creatures around you in the dark. Are you brave enough to survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Curley Laboratory.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

About This GameA remote space station has fallen silent after a mysterious outbreak spread through its corridors. The remaining crew is missing, and infected creatures now roam the facility. In Dead Station Together, you must recover DNA samples, uncover the truth behind the disaster, and rescue what remains of the crew before it's too late. Play solo or team up with up to 4 players in a coopera… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Station Together.

29%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

46% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Hand Simulator: Aliens is a multiplayer game where your mission is team survival. You either battle infected colleagues, saving the ship and crew, or sow chaos and death as an infected member. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hand Simulator: Aliens.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Mimicry is a battle royale (8 vs 1) and online horror action game in the horror genre: one monster hunts eight survivors who want to avoid a terrible death. Unpredictable matches, cool character customization, voice chat during battle, various locations and scary monsters are waiting for you in this online horror game! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mimicry.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

79% User Score Based on 19 reviews

In Bloom: Prologue is a free version of In Bloom. Experience the core gameplay and get a taste of the experience that awaits in the full game. Drawing inspiration from masterpieces such as The Last of Us and Amnesia, In Bloom is a survival-horror game. You play as a farmer waking up, abandoned by his family and unfamiliar with his surroundings. All you can see around you is that what once was… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Bloom: Prologue.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

76% User Score Based on 41 reviews

ENTER THE NIGHTMAREStep into the abandoned Vandermere Mansion, where the echoes of a brutal past still linger. Uncover the horrifying secrets hidden within its decaying walls, but beware—something is watching you. UNCOVER A DARK PASTScattered throughout the mansion are newspaper clippings and forgotten notes, each revealing the terrifying truth of what happened decades ago. Will you piece togethe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to [REC] Desolation.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

87% User Score Based on 61 reviews

Relencost is a world ravaged by ancient conflict. The surface has been rendered unlivable by a permanent chaotic magical storm. The survivors in this post apocalyptic world have ascended above the cloud layer, finding safety upon the tallest mountain peaks and the floating islands scattered around the world. One place remains treacherous above all others: The Stormwall. A place so dangerous t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skyward Extraction.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

90% User Score Based on 860 reviews

There is a traitor! Save astronauts and complete tasks solo or online If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imposter 3D: online horror.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

65% User Score Based on 147 reviews

Alone or up to 6 players, deliver pizzas to the survivors of a city where an oppressive mist has turned almost everyone into monstrous creatures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pizza Deathlivery.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Abyssal Trench is a single-player, first-person psychological horror game set deep underwater. You play as a lone explorer who awakens from cryo-sleep after a failed mission. Your escape pod is out of fuel, your team is missing, and a mysterious AI voice directs you to investigate three abandoned drilling sites scattered across the seafloor. In this narrative-driven horror experience, you must pi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abyssal Trench.

A Journey Through Shadows, to Reach the Light is a focused survival horror experience that plunges you into a dark, mysterious world overrun by monstrous forces and twisted technology. In this experience, every dialogue unfolds in poetic verses, deepening the eerie atmosphere as you unravel secrets, face relentless enemies, and fight to reclaim your freedom. Key Features: Atmospheric Exploratio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A journey through shadow, to Reach the light..

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

92% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Follow Nathan Walters as he quickly descends into insanity. Discover the ancient secrets held within a futuristic abandoned factory. A bodycam, Lovecraft-style horror experience not for the weak of heart. Hide, and survive if you can. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Habilis.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

93% User Score Based on 30 reviews

From the Developer of StrangerZ, STRANGER, SafeZoneVR, Hallways Mixed Reality and much more;  I present Hallways... You must survive the night in this immersive survival horror. Utilize your limited power and generate flashlight charges to keep the attacker from getting to you from the four hallways surrounding you. Can you survive? Survive the Night - Survive until 6am - Use the wall powe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hallways.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

64% User Score Based on 61 reviews

SURVIVE Progress through the horrifying hospital, try not to fall prey for the monster who is somewhere in the darkness. Solve puzzles to get a step closer to the exit and making your way out of this nightmare. Your journey will only get more and more twisted, and troubled, as you move on. THE MONSTER The monster goes on a killing spree once it escapes its enclosure, and wreaks havoc, killing cou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demon Of The Dark.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 64 reviews

Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kohate.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 62,868 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 9 reviews

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkest Dungeon.

49%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

49% User Score Based on 69 reviews

A WONDER is a 3rd person stealth/puzzle game set in a sunken city. Stuck in the depths of the sea, Alana will have to explore this dormant world in order to reactivate it. In doing so, she must remain hidden from lurking creatures, hostile to any outsider who dares to venture in this derelict place. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Wonder.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

75% User Score Based on 294 reviews

An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCP: Daybreak.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

68% User Score Based on 135 reviews

Abyss of Neptune is a survival horror game set in the deep seas of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to investigate a mysterious underwater signal, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to survive the abyss? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Abyss of Neptune.

38%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

62% User Score Based on 13 reviews

The Darkest Island is a psychological horror game in first person with moments of action and despair During air cargo transport between countries across the Atlantic Ocean, you and your team have an accident and fall on an inhabited island. You a survivor, do not find your team among the wreckage and start looking for them, with a compass it is necessary to look for first aid in villages. Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Darkest Island.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

62% User Score Based on 63 reviews

This is a short 2.5D adventure platformer. Travel along with a woman and her child surviving during an alien invasion. Inspired by classic sci-fi, this quiet, melancholy journey will show the depths a mother will go to protect her child, if she can survive... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Child Of Mine.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story

79% User Score Based on 149 reviews

Dirge: is a 4v1 survival horror where players take on the role of paranormal investigators in the post war era to hunt down and defeat dark entities haunting various tortured locations across the world. Or Stalk the interlopers as one of these dark entities, and expel them from your domain. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dirge.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

68% User Score Based on 160 reviews

Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes; but something more sinister lurks beneath the surface.. Playing as the nephew of the museum’s missing curator, you must survive as you make your way through the abandoned building, interacting with objects, and completing puzzles along your way to unravelling the mys… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astray.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

66% User Score Based on 199 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

You wake up dazed and confused, probably from the effects of cryosleep. No one can be seen around, but you soon start to find the bodies of your dead crewmen. The ship is adrift, and whoever – or whatever – killed your crewmates is probably still around. Syndrome is a sci-fi survival horror game that takes place aboard the "Valkenburg", an exploration and science ship equipped with the most ad… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Syndrome.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

88% User Score Based on 1,542 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 5 reviews

Stranded on a derelict cargo ship, you find yourself hunted by one of Monstrum’s terrifying predators as you search for a way out. Death is permanent. Get killed in Monstrum and you'll be starting all over again. As each of them has their own strategy, abilities and weaknesses, you have to use your wits to outsmart your pursuer in the ship’s procedurally generated environment. Can you survive Mons… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monstrum.

Good Morning follows Vincent as he completes his morning routine. Each day, follows his rituals with some days having different chores. But something darker lurks within the walls of his house. Objects moving on their own, rooms changing their position, and stains where they shouldn't be. Will Vincent discover what’s truly going on around his house? Or will he remain oblivious and continue to igno… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Good Morning (UE5 Update).

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

68% User Score Based on 44 reviews

In Mop of the Dead, you must explore the dark corridors of your cleaning competitors office to steal their household products. However, there's a catch - you're being chased by a neat freak janitor. You must collect all 10 products and escape as quickly as possible. Each game is randomized with collectable items hidden in different spots. As you progress, the janitor becomes relentless and runs fa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mop of the Dead.

The Firlyns Glitter General The Firlyns Glitter is a First Person Survival Horror Game.The Multiplayer mode is NOT implemented, more informations will be added in the future on how to access and play online. Gameplay At the beginning of the game, you land in a random place on the island. You need to collect the Firlyn fragments one by one. After a certain amount of Firlyns collected, you'll need t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Firlyns Glitter [On Hold].

42%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

42% User Score Based on 4 reviews

Kojouji is a sci-fi survival-horror puzle game that takes place in an abandoned factory. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KOJOUJI.

You are contract labor. The job is simple: get in, retrieve the device, get your crew back out. The building would prefer you stayed. Project MISPLACE is a co-op environmental-horror shift set inside the proving ground of an Adaptive Structures Program — a facility engineered to heal its own concrete, reroute its own power and water, and reconfigure its own walls on demand. It has woken up. The i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project MISPLACE.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

75% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Code Alkonost is a first-person, atmospheric adventure where Slavic legends come to life. Travel through a dark fantasy world and encounter the possessive spirits of the underworld. Experience authentic art styles and stories that have never been seen in adventure games before. Meet iconic figures from Slavic mythology, including the enigmatic Baba Yaga, the elusive Leshy, and many other supernatu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Code Alkonost: Awakening of Evil.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

89% User Score Based on 392 reviews

Kill your clone before it kills YOU! In this roguelite sandbox horror game, experience true paranoia as you hide, hunt, and try to eliminate your double. Fight to survive as you unravel this terrifying tale of clones and biological horrors! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It Has My Face.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

95% User Score Based on 66 reviews

Dave.EXE is a third-person low-poly stealth horror game loosely based off of the video game "Dead by Daylight", which the creator has a love-hate relationship with. You play as Dave Microwave, an everyman trying to live his life, until one day being pulled into warfare by the Berrys against Edgy Dave. You'll travel through timelines and collect soda from five machines while avoiding whichever of E… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dave.exe.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

88% User Score Based on 43 reviews

In 1989 the original adventure of Last Half of Darkness was released to the PC. Now on it's 35th anniversary the story continues with updated spine-chilling graphics and a haunting soundtrack. Your aunt sure was a strange one. She was some sort of witch or something. A good witch though, practicing only good spells and magic. In fact, she was working on a potion just before she was killed. No… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Half of Darkness.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

93% User Score Based on 5,279 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 14 reviews

Routine is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror title set on an abandoned Lunar base designed around an 80’s vision of the future. Curious exploration turns into a need for survival when a lunar base goes completely quiet. Searching for answers puts you face to face with an enemy who is certain the main threat is you. Discoveries lead to deeper unknowns and the only way to go is forward. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROUTINE.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

84% User Score Based on 476 reviews

Up to four test subjects. One twisted medical trial. Only one leaves. Welcome to Side Effects: a tense, turn-based medical roulette game. Each round you'll be presented with a selection of pills. Some are helpful, some are harmful, and some mean instant death. You never know what you're about to consume or what it might do to your mind or body. Winning means outlasting – AKA, outliving – your opp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SIDE EFFECTS.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 20 reviews

A mysterious flood swallows a small village in the Philippines. Wade through the ruined homes, drowned fields, and whispers in the fog to search for your lost sister. Be careful of the water, some things don’t drown… they wake up. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Dreaded Hut.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

83% User Score Based on 94 reviews

Rip Current is a horror game set in a cryptic research facility where genetic experiments, in a bid to strengthen aquatic ecosystems, have spiraled out of control. Navigate flooded corridors, uncover the fate of the scientists, and survive the prehistoric apex predators stalking the depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rip Current.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

82% User Score Based on 87 reviews

This is a "pilot" game of sorts to see if you guys like what we're doing and if you want more! Please leave a review with your highlights and your criticisms, it's a tremendous help.The Silvercity Sharks and ArtOfGerald are collaborating to bring you a new horror experience... Go back in time and see the creatures of yesterday, but you might be doing more than just seeing. These creatur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night of the Extinct.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

63% User Score Based on 746 reviews

Enter the Deathground, a terrifying survival horror experience where you’re hunted by reactive, relentless dinosaurs. Whether you prefer to play solo or in a team of up to 4 players, your survival instincts will be put to the test and teamwork, stealth and strategy are key to getting out alive. Choose your tools, complete mission objectives and successfully extract whilst navigating the once-secur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deathground.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

81% User Score Based on 72 reviews

Beneath the farm something terrible awaits. You fell down a giant hole into a dark world full of terrifying scarecrows and monsters. Now you must make your way through the tunnels deep underground while watching your back. Solve puzzles, find tools, and most importantly… Stay alive! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zardy's Cave.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

95% User Score Based on 194 reviews

Enter a corrupt and hostile library with the task of extracting forbidden knowledge from its tomes. Triumph over the entities that linger within, in this short Action-Adventure FPS made by a team of third-year university students. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DREADTOME.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

72% User Score Based on 152 reviews

Dreadline: Net Quota is a chaotic co-op game for up to 6 players set on dangerous seas. Catch fish with different rods or spearfishing, keep your boat afloat as systems fail, and survive unpredictable encounters without drowning as everything falls apart. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreadline: Net Quota.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

85% User Score Based on 27 reviews

What began as a fun dream has turned into a waking nightmare. Now trapped in your room, you are stalked by a relentless demon. You must keep it at bay. Your only way through this nightmare? Close your eyes... and go to sleep. Get it on Steam! In this original point-and-click horror game, you play as a young teen whose dream has twisted into a terrifying nightmare. Now locked inside your b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Go To Sleep.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

78% User Score Based on 27 reviews

DON’T GET GOT is a multiplayer co-op horror game of deception. You’re locked inside and something is out to get you. Find the key. Use the environment and collaborate with other players until they no longer serve your needs. Make it to the safe room. Survival not guaranteed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DON'T GET GOT.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

87% User Score Based on 102 reviews

"My Putrid Ponies" is a horror adventure set in a once-idyllic pony ranch now overrun by undead equines. As the last surviving, your mission is to uncover the mystery behind the ponies zombies outbreak while navigating through haunting landscapes filled with danger and despair. The Gameplays: Dynamic Gameplay Perspective: Engage in heart-pounding first-person gameplay for intense com… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Putrid Ponies.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

88% User Score Based on 25 reviews

Eight Legs… Four Eyes… Limitless Terror! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fullbright Presents TOILET SPIDERS.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

70% User Score Based on 74 reviews

"Pathogen X" is an atmospheric first-person survival horror game in which you have to take on the role of a BRCI special agent named Aiden Clark. He goes on a deadly mission to an underground laboratory to prevent a biological threat and retrieve a sample of Pathogen X. Features Biological Threat: you will encounter various terrifying mutations caused by Pathogen X, and must fight for survival in … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PATHOGEN X.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

80% User Score Based on 10 reviews

In the distant future, humanity has spread across the unknown space, but along the way they discovered the harrowing and unexplainable known as the "Silent Zones". It's a phenomenon where a dense mist materializes out of nothing and engulfs an entire planet. The planet is then dubbed the Silent Zone. Only few things known so far are that once the planet is fully covered it starts emittin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Breach.